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A vision of Britain through time
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HESSLE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Sculcoates district, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands on the Humber, at the ferry to Barton, and on the Hull and Selby railway, 4½ miles W by S of Hnll; and has a station on the railway, and a post office‡ under Hnll. The parish comprises 2, 410 acres of land, and 1, 500 of water. Real property, £10, 464; of which £470 are in quarries. Pop., 1, 625. Houses, 364. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to the Stutvilles; was given by them to the canons of Watton; and passed to the Wakes and others. Hessle-Wood Hall is a chief residence. There are two whiting manufactories. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Value, £303.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is very good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £126.—The sub-district includes also three townships of Kirk-Ella. Acres, 7, 480. Pop., 2, 522. Houses, 563.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hessle AP/Tn/CP Hessle CP Hessle SubD Sculcoates RegD/PLU Yorkshire AncC |
| Place: | Hessle |
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